tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post2050783834154191155..comments2024-03-28T05:47:44.752-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: Mascot RageTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-34346280678575022872009-09-18T10:30:48.520-05:002009-09-18T10:30:48.520-05:00Are you saying that we are offending polar bears b...Are you saying that we are offending polar bears by having one as our mascot? Are we hurting their feelings and making the polar bears cry? And how can you compare a Native American or an Irish person with a polar bear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-29385090491359129362009-04-27T13:17:00.000-05:002009-04-27T13:17:00.000-05:00The person who wrote down what the name for Poynet...The person who wrote down what the name for Poynette (Paquette)had very bad handwriting and they could not read it well and guessed it was Poynette. That is what I was told and many others were told as to why Poynette Is Poynette.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-5587164427593519882009-04-03T13:41:00.000-05:002009-04-03T13:41:00.000-05:00I needed this post today. :) Thank you, Tim...As t...I needed this post today. :) Thank you, Tim...<BR/><BR/>As the descendent of German dairy farmers in Wisconsin, I can't tell you how disgusted I am with my hometown, Monroe, and their reprehensible insistence on keeping the "Cheesemakers" mascot. The depiction of all German and Swiss immigrants as alpine curd wranglers in lederhosen and feathered hats indisputably leads to discrimination and bullying against students with blonde hair, blue eyes and a penchant for lactose. The trauma I experienced has only strengthened my resolve to see the "Cheesemakers" name done away with, but for some, the scars run much deeper than that.Dustyhttp://dustinchristopher.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-25174393252949789892009-04-03T08:15:00.000-05:002009-04-03T08:15:00.000-05:00The Devil Rays, as most everyone knows, are now si...The Devil Rays, as most everyone knows, are now simply the Tampa Bay Rays. Apparently that "Devil' reference, um ... bedeviled them. What's their mascot? A 6-foot 6 inch "seadog" named Raymond - a blue, furry thing with oversize sneakers and his baseball cap on backward. Some say he looks more like a Manatee.<BR/><BR/>The Washington Bullets became the Nationals after the "bullets" reference became a bit too appropos in the crime-plagued capital city. Now the mascot is a chicken-looking thing called "Screech" who purportedly favors a diet of Gummy Worms.<BR/><BR/>Scottsdale Community College opened in 1970 with a flash of anti-sports sentiment. Students at the school in the Phoenix suburb decided their sports teams would be the Artichokkes and would wear pink and purple. The mascot became "Artie" - basically someone with a plump, fuzzy green bag over his or her torso. The Establishment soon wrote the students' guaranteed voice in such matters out of the school's "constitution." But Artie endures.<BR/><BR/>Wisconsin schools have long been rife with "Indian" themes in their names. The practice inevitably gave rise to such politically incorrect mascots as Marquette's erstwhile "Willie Wampum"<BR/><BR/>http://www.aistm.org/wisconsin.htm<BR/><BR/>Change has been slow but inexorable. The wooden Indian that somebody carved with a chainsaw is long gone from the main intersection in Mosinee, where the High School still favors the name "Indians" and the middle school prefers "Chiefs." <BR/><BR/>The Marathon High School Red Raiders kept their name. They simply traded in their Indian for a pirate.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, the debate drifts raptly on. Here are some Wisconsin school teams that underwent name changes in recent years. <BR/>http://www.aistm.org/wischange.htmhieronymousnoreply@blogger.com